A judge like that - in California? He deserves a prize.
“The public has responded with an outpouring of emoticons.”
In all seriousness, is “turning his life around” the go-to phrase that absolutely everybody in the criminal community uses, kinda like they all know exactly how they can get face-down on the ground and spread their arms in a half-second when they realize they’ve been chased down?
He’s another poster boy for the melting pot: he’s been here for almost 40 years and he still uses a translator on the taxpayer’s dime.